Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 24 April 1971 |
Type: | Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar |
Operator: | Airland (NZ) |
Registration: | ZK-CGV |
MSN: | 18-2051 |
First flight: | 1940 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | off Napier-Hawkes Bay Airport (NPE) ( New Zealand)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Napier-Hawkes Bay Airport (NPE/NZNE), New Zealand |
Narrative:The Lodestar was on approach to Napier Airport when a flap cable broke, causing one flap to extend and making the aircraft uncontrollable.
It crashed in Hawkes Bay. The pilot (Ray Misson) was rescued by a passing fishing vessel.
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
» NZ Aviation News, April, 2010
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.